The early 15th century gives the first surviving musical sources
from Poland. Nicolaus de Radom was a royal musician in Cracow,
and easily the most important composer in Poland at the time,
showing influences of both Ciconia &
Dufay in his music. Track #6, his one
secular work among nine preserved compositions, survives without
a text.

The Manuscript Jean de Jasienna (named after its owner) dates
from the same period, and is apparently a collection of student
exercizes done at Cracow University. As such, it is not very
sophisticated, but gives an idea of the style of the period. The
final section of this recording illustrates some of the earliest
surviving polyphonic songs in the Polish language, plus some student
songs in Latin.

Other recordings devoted to early Polish music by this &
related ensembles: